There's nothing new under the sun. Let me make it clear from the beginning that I'm fully aware, that what I write here will have absolutely no...
A shadow approaches the Village, stands for a few moments at the edge of the wood, watching, .....and is then attacked by a vicious squirrel whose...
I'm through discussing; it's futile and I've only been feeding my ego - I've got to rise above it.
If I use sarcasm, you'll know it. That depends on what you mean by assaulted - a severe beating or a sawn-off shotgun to my face? If the...
No, you say so, I do not...It's why we're discussing in the first place. To sum them up: Habits, shortsighted compassion for friends and familiy...
Then I'll rephrase: This feasible, economical manner gives trancendence to free will? Not quite I havn't, but I see no harm in mankind walking...
So an illusion shared is an illusion validated according to you?
Most? What choices aren't based on influence? So in other words, it's a vast complexity making the "choices"? I'd never willingly have a...
That you're were being facetious I do not doubt since it was that very witty tone that could easily be interpreted as crowdpleasing. But you were...
So you would claim you control what thought is next in your mind? On what is that control based then? Aye, a very complex one.
Is anything about these "choices" beyond influence? Elaborate, please.
Then, pray tell, what is free will? Please, do not resort to crowdpleasing; it disrupts the flow of the debate and removes focus from what is...
But that description is very misleading when containing the word "free". It's some quasi-romantic philosophical notion that buried its dogmatic roots...
Asking me to disprove something not proven is equivalent to me saying that since science cannot prove with a 100% certainty that there are no giant...
Where the hell did that come from? Every time someone asks me to not get pissed off when I'm not pissed off, I get pissed off. Grrr. Why a...
And this "it's up to me", what is that? Is it some inner core that is beyond influence? Nothing is beyond influence. And I ask again: If our...
Not "those actions..." - All actions are inevitable. That's the illusion I'm talking about, the believe that met with options you could go either...
It's in the simplicity of perceiving it once you acquire it, but it's evidently frustratingly hard making other people see it. Their conditioning...
Correct; you cannot not be influenced. Passive influence is nonetheless influence. In other words free will is subjective to perception....
Indeed, I too see no glorified point in between these two points where could lie "free will". Some will argue the ability to choose by claiming that...
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